In pictures: Syrian destruction as civil war violence escalates

In pictures: Syrian destruction as civil war violence escalates

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AUGUST 17, 2013: A Syrian rebel points to the sky as a regime fighter jet flies overhead in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor. GETTY IMAGES

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AUGUST 23, 2013: A rebel fighters takes aim at a location of Kurdish fighters on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. More than 100,000 people have died in Syria's war, the UN says. AFP

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JULY 31, 2013: Devastated street in the Khalidiyah district of Syria's central city of Homs. The Syrian government announced the capture of Khalidiyah, a key rebel district in Homs, Syria's third city and a symbol of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. AFP

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AUGUST 17, 2013: A Syrian rebel is seen walking past buildings destroyed during fighting with pro-government forces along a street in a residential neighborhood of the Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor. AFP

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AUGUST 23, 2013: Rebel fighters take aim at a location of Kurdish fighters on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. AFP

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AUGUST 24, 2013:Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus. The president of Syria's main opposition group called on Western nations to intervene after a suspected chemical attack that left up to 1,300 dead in the country ravaged by civil war. AFP

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AUGUST 26, 2013:UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks at a press conference during a visit to Seoul. Ban said on August 26 there was no time to waste as UN experts prepared to investigate a suspected Syrian chemical attack. AFP

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AUGUST 23, 2013: A convoy of United Nations (UN) vehicles leave a hotel in Damascus carrying UN inspectors travelling to the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapon attack the previous week in Ghouta, east of the capital. AFP

AUGUST 17, 2013: A Syrian rebel points to the sky as a regime fighter jet flies overhead in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor. GETTY IMAGES